The '3000-1' shot setting rugby world on fire

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World Rugby has picked six Wallabies successful its Rugby Championship squad of the tournament, including breakout try-scoring sensation Andrew Kellaway.

The 25-year-old winger was not connected Dave Rennie's radar astatine the commencement of the play but forced his mode into the framework with a beardown decorativeness to his stint with the Rebels.

Now helium finds himself connected the verge of making Wallabies past with a large accidental to interruption Israel Folau's grounds for astir tries successful a rookie Test season.

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Andrew Kellaway of the Wallabies scores a try. (Getty)

Folau scored 10 successful his maiden play portion Kellaway sits connected 8 with games against Japan, Scotland, England and Wales to come.

Kellaway (seven) besides lapped the tract arsenic the starring try-scorer successful the Rugby Championship with David Havili, Will Jordan, Sevu Reece and Malcolm Marx adjacent champion with three.

"Morgs (Morgan Turinui) and I joked astir this successful commentary the different night," commentator Sean Maloney said connected Stan Sport's Rugby Heaven.

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Andrew Kellaway finishes disconnected a superb portion of play from the Wallabies

"If you had him successful the framework to beryllium the apical try-scorer successful the Rugby Championship, we had him astatine 1000-1, 3000-1."

Added Turinui: "I'm not a gambling antheral but it's constitute your ain ticket... an unbelievable story, really, astir a mature subordinate coming backmost a implicit subordinate and making each station a victor erstwhile fixed an opportunity."

Former Australian schoolboys prima Kellaway was a Wallabies tourer connected the 2016 Spring Tour but had to hold 5 years to marque his Test debut.

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Andrew Kellaway astatine Wallabies grooming successful Edinburgh successful 2016. (Getty)

He near the Waratahs successful 2018 and spent clip overseas with Northampton Saints, Counties Manukau and NEC Green Rockets to circular retired his rugby acquisition earlier returning home.

"Why wasn't helium successful the plans, is astir apt 1 of the things you privation to know," Australia's rugby players relation brag Justin Harrison said connected Rugby Heaven.

"How did helium gaffe through? I mean you can't seizure everyone but 1 of the things we bash cognize is that players leave, astir apt earlier than they should to spell overseas.

"Just due to the fact that you're overseas doesn't mean you're retired of the plans now, we've besides seen that, truthful keeping tabs connected those players is astir apt paramount now."

Indeed of the six Wallabies named successful the squad of the tournament, Quade Cooper and Samu Kerevi are players who person improved their games connected overseas soil.

Former Test backmost Turinui said that should beryllium existent nutrient for thought for Rugby Australia.

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"The cardinal players of this TRC person astir apt made everyone rethink the precocious show program and pathway of Australian rugby," Turinui said connected Rugby Heaven.

"Cooper, (James) O'Connor backmost successful and astir it, Kerevi backmost in, (Sean) McMahon, Greg Holmes and Andrew Kellaway."

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